Leicester city centre is “a safe place” on the whole at night despite recent footage emerging of a shocking brawl near Highcross, a group which looks after late night revellers has said.

Fighting between seven people was filmed on a camera phone in the early hours of Sunday, February 4, in Church Gate in the city centre.

However, the Street Pastors, a Christian group which patrols the night-time streets of a weekend, said this sort of thing is not the norm.

In a statement, the group said: “On the whole, the city area is a safe place during the evening and early morning.

“While spirits can sometimes be rather lively with some of the people who are out, our experience is that there would be a small chance of disturbances in very isolated instances.

"The CCTV, the City Watch group, as well as the police, the door staff and other agencies work together to ensure everyone’s safety in the city at night.”

Leicestershire Police has also responded to the incident to reassure people that the number of officers increases of a weekend.

With the seated woman now laying flat on the floor the fight now fragments with more people getting involved (Image: reader submission)

Sergeant Dave Adams said: “It is normal for the numbers of people out and about in the city centre to rise at the weekend and some of the incidents officers attend will have been caused by violence fuelled by alcohol.

“There is an increase in the number of police officers in the city at the weekends who are on hand to respond to reports of criminal activity and offer reassurance to the public.”

In the video, three women can be seen tussling on the floor, while one, wearing a red dress, throws punches into another woman’s head.